The Budget and Jobs

This country has an unemployment crisis and the position for young unemployed people is particularly bleak. Yet today’s Budget did next to nothing to address this problem. I have a post over at Left Foot Forward, looking at what little there is and contrasting it with last government’s programmes, which the coalition scrapped almost immediately after the election.

Written by Richard Exell

I am the TUC’s Senior Policy Officer covering social security, tax credits and labour market issues, including the debates about the European social model and labour market flexibility. I also represent the TUC on the Industrial Injuries Advisory C…